Governor Shekhar Dutt on Friday inaugurated the national population register (NPR) in Raipur Municipal Corporation by providing biometrics information of his and his wife Susmita Dutt, like photos, thumb and finger impression and retina scan.
In the NPR, under the Citizen’s Act 1955, all the citizens of the country, including children about five years of age have compulsorily to register their biometric information. The NPR cards would be allotted to the citizens. Under the campaign, names of the citizens would be registered in the NPR by holding camps in different wards in the cities and villages. On Friday, along with the Census directorate, a team of the Municipal Corporation recorded the necessary biometrics information of the State’s first citizen and his wife. The Governor and the first lady answered the questions asked by the team and collected information about the campaign.
The Governor extended his best wishes for the success of this important work and asked to ensure necessary arrangements for this work. A person who has been allotted Aadhar Card, should bring the card, so that it could be linked to the NPR. In the years to come, Government schemes would be linked to the National Population Register. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) NK Agrawal, Commissioner Raipur Bl Tiwari, Collector Siddharth Komal Pardeshi, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Narendra Kumar Dugga, officials and employees of Census directorate of Raipur Municipal Corporation were present on the occasion.
Joint Secretary and Director Census directorate Renu Pillai informed the Governor about complete procedure and importance of the NPR. By holding camps in Civil lines ward of RMC from January 27 to February 5, biometrics would be recorded under the NPR in three phases. The camps will be organised at Chhattisgarh Club, Ambedkar Bhawan, Sachdeva College, Scholar Academy, Jhulelal Dham, Pujya Sindhi Panchayat, Preetam Singh Saini School and lions Club. The date and time of the camps would be informed later.